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Brides in Grozny. Photo: ChGTRK 'Grozny', https://grozny.tv/news.php?id=38090
14:48, 9 July 2020
Ban on wedding ceremonies cancelled in Chechnya
At the July 7 sitting of the Operative Headquarters for Countering the Spread of Coronavirus, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced the lifting of the ban on wedding ceremonies, introduced earlier because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Disarmed members of IS*. Photo: REUTERS /Parwiz
14:33, 9 July 2020
Analysts explain successes of IS* recruiters in Southern Russia
The increased level of violence in the society and absence of social elevators contribute to young people's radicalization and push them to join terrorist organizations, which is now quite easy, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted in their comments on the prevention of the terror act in Astrakhan.
A tent camp for Azerbaijanis near the village of Kullar in Dagestan. Screenshot from video posted by the Caucasian Knot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCjWplDPOpM&feature=emb_logo
11:08, 9 July 2020
Camp residents in Kullar criticize the principle of drawing up departure lists
The tent camp in the village of Kullar, where Azerbaijani citizens are waiting for their departure to their homeland, has expanded, same as the spontaneous one around it, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports. Camp tenants said that the departure lists are compiled chaotically; and many old-timers cannot leave even for funerals of their relatives.
Traffic jam at the entrance to Chechnya. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
10:53, 9 July 2020
Drivers criticize checks at entrance from Dagestan to Chechnya
Law enforcers are examining all the drivers and inspecting all the cars at the entrance to Chechnya from Dagestan, which results in huge jams on the federal highway in the forty-degree-centigrade heat.
Mamikhan Umarov. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa4t-1sfIgI&t=2s
10:41, 9 July 2020
Threats received by Umarov confirmed by voice record
Shortly before his assassination, Mamikhan Umarov, a native of Chechnya, claimed that he received threats and blamed Austrian authorities for inaction, which is confirmed by the published his voice record.
Site in Adler where the monument was set up and later dismantled. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the Caucasian Knot
08:39, 9 July 2020
Circassian activists achieve demolition of monument to Russian soldiers in Adler
By a decision of the Sochi Mayoralty, a monument to the participants of the Caucasian War, which was opposed by signatories of the appeal to the authorities, has been dismantled, Madjid Chachukh, a Circassian activist, has informed.
Meeting of the Parliament of Georgia. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
08:24, 9 July 2020
Georgia: new law questions full-fledged election coverage
The amendments to the Electoral Code of Georgia adopted by the Parliament are aimed against the pressure on voters near polling stations, but at the same time they prevent journalists from communicating with the electorate, political analysts believe.
Regina Gagieva. Screenshot: Youtube iRYSTON TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmCHwqCDuAQ
23:26, 8 July 2020
Case on Regina Gagieva's murder sent to court
The Prosecutor's Office of North Ossetia approved the charges brought against Vadim Tekhov. In addition to the charge of his former wife's murder, the defendant is accused of beatings, death threats, attempted murder, and robbery.
Tbilisi airport. Photo: Gmaisuradze15 https://ru.wikipedia.org/
23:10, 8 July 2020
Georgia opens borders for foreign tourists
Starting from today, Georgia begins to welcome tourists from five countries of the European Union – Germany, France, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
Screenshot from YouTube video: https://youtu.be/kt_iOuWDWJc
19:29, 8 July 2020
Chechen woman repents in public of resorting to services of a witch
The police accused Malkan Madaeva, a resident of Gudermes, that she had used the services of a witch. On the air of the state-run TV Company, Malkan Madaeva said that she regretted resorting to the services of the witch.
Policemen. Photo: REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler
19:13, 8 July 2020
European media report details of investigation into case on Mamikhan Umarov's murder
A man suspected of killing blogger Mamikhan Umarov earlier sought for political asylum in Austria. That fact did not prevent him from regularly visiting Russia. Both of the suspects arrested in the case refuse to cooperate with investigators, Der Standard and Der Spiegel report.
Servicemen of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/az/news/mudafie-naziri-on-xett-bolmelerinde-olub-video-31397.html
13:32, 8 July 2020
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling village
The positions of the Azerbaijani Army deployed in the village on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 78 times during the last 24 hours, including from large-calibre machine guns and sniper rifles, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.
Andrei Rudomakha and Mikhail Benyash listening to the court ruling over illegal issuing of a search warrant of the "Ecowatch" premises. Photo: press service of the "Ecowatch", http://ewnc.org/node/28175.
13:16, 8 July 2020
"Ecowatch" activists persuade court to cancel search decision
The Krasnodar Territorial Court has satisfied the complaint against the search warrant to be conducted at the headquarters of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (Ecowatch), environmentalists stated on July 7.
11:10, 8 July 2020
Three arrested Azerbaijani citizens transferred to Derbent SIZO
Three out of 10 Azerbaijani citizens accused of assaulting policemen during a protest action in the tent camp have been transferred from the isolation facility of the Magaramkent District to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Derbent, the advocate, Murad Velikhanov, has stated. The remaining seven detainees are still kept at the Khasavyurt SIZO, he said.
10:55, 8 July 2020
Bloggers from Chechen Diaspora in EU report receiving regular threats
The bloggers from the Chechen Diaspora living in the countries of the European Union (EU), who criticize Ramzan Kadyrov's regime, claim that they regularly receive threats.
Temporary camp near the village of Kullar in Dagestan. Screenshot from the video posted by the Caucasian Knot
08:30, 8 July 2020
Over 200 Azerbaijanis leave Kullar camp for homeland
On July 7, the Derbent district administration reported that a total of 240 Azerbaijanis, including children, had left the tent camp set up in Kullar on the Dagestani-Azerbaijani border.
Mamikhan Umarov. Screenshot from video published by Mamikhan Umarov on YouTube
08:19, 8 July 2020
YouTube users urge EU to react to Umarov's murder
The authorities of the European Union (EU) must take efficient measures to prevent killings of political emigrants, YouTube users have pointed out after the murder of Mamikhan Umarov, a native of Chechnya. European countries should find some way to influence the Russian leadership, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has stated.
Lev Gyammer. Screenshot: Lev Gyammer / Youtube.com
22:22, 7 July 2020
Kuban activist claims being prosecuted for criticizing Vladimir Putin
An administrative case on insulting of Vladimir Putin by Lev Gyammer, the coordinator of the Navalny's office in Krasnodar, has been transferred to court. Lev Gyammer posted a video against amendments to the Constitution of Russia. When challenging the position of the law enforcement bodies, an advocate of the coordinator of the Navalny's office in Krasnodar noted that his client showed good manners while criticizing the Russian President.
22:05, 7 July 2020
FSB reports about prevented terror act in Astrakhan
Today, FSB officers have detained a resident of Astrakhan suspected of plotting an attack on administrative buildings in the city.
War in Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar
18:55, 7 July 2020
Chechen resident accused of trying to join militants in Syria
A resident of Chechnya, detained in the summer of 2019 on the border with Syria, was accused of trying to join the ranks of militants of the "Islamic State" (IS)*. The man pleaded guilty, the Investigating Department for Chechnya of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reported.
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LEGAL TEXTS
The illustration was created by the Caucasian Knot using AI The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other documents signed at the meeting with Trump on August 8, 2025

The “Caucasian Knot" publishes the agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was initialed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on August 8, 2025, through the mediation of US President Donald Trump. The meeting of Trump, Aliyev and Pashinyan took place on August 8 in Washington. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev also signed a joint declaration. In addition to the agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump signed a number of separate memoranda with Aliyev and Pashinyan....

Personalities
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Photo courtesy of press service of HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org/ Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

Magomed Daudov. Photo: screenshot of the video http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o Magomed Daudov

Magomed "Lord" Daudov is a former Chechen militant who was awarded the title of "Hero of Russia", the chairman of the Chechen parliament under Ramzan Kadyrov.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw Tumso Abdurakhmanov

Tumso Abdurakhmanov is a blogger from Chechnya. After a conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov's relative, he left the republic and went first to Georgia, and then to Poland, where he is trying to get political asylum.